I have twin 7 year old son is in the 2nd grade. They were born very premie so I always keep a good eye on them. In on of them II see that he has a little trouble with reading but we read every night. He should technically (if he was born on time) be in the first grade but because of where his birthday fell he is in the second. When we read with him he can't seem to stop rubbing his hair, face and arms and when I tell him to stop and put his hands on the table he can't see, to stop moving them until we all get fustrated and I send him to his room. I try so hard to be patient but after a while it is difficult. I asked his teacher if he thought he may have a learning disability and he said no. I looked online for sihns of depression and anxiety and it doesn't seem to fit him. Does anyone have any ideas what could be going on with him, I just want to help him.
I didn't know how to reply so I guess it goes here, lol... We read to him and he is good but when he has to read because part of his homeowrk is tracking what and how long he read for he gets like this. My other son doesn't and can take reading the same sentence over and over to g et it right but not him. He seems to get fustrated that he can't get it and thats when he starts the scratching.
Definately look into sensory processing disorder. My daughter has a mild case of it and it mostly when she needs to read. Two tricks I was taught was to have the sit w/ a heavy book or rice bag(you can make one w/ rice in a couple of old socks) also look into getting a yellow reading strip..(I found mine at a local teacher store)It help w/ the tracking and w/ just those two things she is doing a lot better.
Get his eyes checked asap. Sounds like he may be having problems seeing the words. My niece would do the same thing you are describing and everyone thought it was because she didn't want to pay attention or was bored and in all honestly she needed glasses to read. I suggested to my sister in law to get her eyes checked. Sure enough she had to have glasses. That is where I would start in trying to solve the problem. Then if it's not that I would look at other options.
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There are 3 barriers to study-and when you run into one they have physical manifestations. The first barrier is going past a word that you don't understand, it can be having the wrong definitions or no definition, misunderstanding can occur in a number of ways. When our daughter came home from school and was unhappy or less than just happy we'd ask- was there a word that you didn't understand- often she would just tell us. If she didn't know right away then we'd ask what she'd studied during the day, and go over that and find something she had mis understood. As soon as we cleared the word she would brighten up. And be happy about going to school again, too by the way.
There are 2 other barriers to study we also used. These barriers were discovered by L Ron Hubbard. There is a Learning center here in Clearwater that tutors children and families on these barriers. I am not sure what is available where you are but I bet that you could call the local church and they could tell you where you could, &/or your child could take a course to learn how to use these 3 barriers to make school fun again.
If the barriers are handled he'll stop this behaviour- that is what I saw with our children. Please don't let him end up on some drug because he has encountered a barrier to study.
Best,k
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Smart kid, he's figured out a way to get himself out if reading! Keep working with him and be supportive and praise him instead of getting fustrated. If you make reading a pleasant experence than you child will learn more and certainly enjoy it more.
Sinced it is only when he reads and not when being read to (i.e. when he touches the pages)...just to throw it out there...being itchy makes me wonder if he could be somewhat sensitive or allergic to the ink used in printing?
boredome even if it is his favorite book... it happens to grownups when they study too.
Being a twin and a preemie he is high risk of having Sensory Processing Disorder. HAve him evaluated by a SIPT certified OT, have an Auditory Processing evaluation done by a pediatric audiologist and have a developmental optometrist examine him. There are bound to be problems with processing which leads to LD. Smart children can compensate for only so long before they lose the abilty when higher order tasks are demanded of them.
Is he being read to or doing the reading? Could you sit side by side on the couch to read instead? Or other location? My kids were very fidgety when reading for school work at the table and it worked better for us to reading somewhere more comfy. Good Luck!
J.
My son is the same way. Dr told me to only use soap with no detergent and lotion for sensitive skin. He says it is just dry skin. It has helped some. Be careful of the shampoo you use also. It could just be that he concentrates on itching when he is reading because it is the one time he is sitting still.
I think he sounds like a typical fidgety second grade boy--I have O. too!
